ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,555, issued on June 23, was assigned to SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Shenyang, China).

"Balance disorder rehabilitation robot based on virtual and real scene fusion" was invented by Xingang Zhao (Shenyang, China), Ming Zhao (Shenyang, China), Daohui Zhang (Shenyang, China), Bi Zhang (Shenyang, China) and Yaqi Chu (Shenyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balance disorder rehabilitation robot based on virtual and real scene fusion has a follow-up supporting device, a weight loss protection device and a virtual projection device. The follow-up supporting device is arranged in the center positio...